Monthly Archives: July 2013

Summer is here for most of us and just around the corner for a few. Would you want to spend this quality time locked up in your house like last year? If not, then start making plans with your partner and get opinions from your kids to find out where they would want to go. The best thing about living in UK is that you can reach some of the most beautiful and top destinations of the world quite conveniently on your car. You will save a lot on airfare plus you will have the added luxury of your personal transportation to take you around places.

Here is a list of top UK destinations where you can go with your family and make your summer memorable.

The Isle of Wight is maybe the perfect summer destination for those who want to enjoy the serene watery landscape all around them. This is the biggest English island that has numerous fun opportunities for tourists and visitors. Enjoy music festivals and other outdoor sports while you are there.

Another popular place to hit in the summers would be Brighton. To enjoy the best of the traditional Fish N’ Chips and some ice cream on the pier, this is the place to be. Be ready to expect lots more travellers over there at this time of the year; but even with the crowd this place is certainly worth the visit with family.

Many families, especially kids, enjoy a visit or stay at one of the luscious farms. If you are one of them, then Somerset is the place to be. A picturesque and healthy environment is the kind of place where you would want to take your family away from the city. There are a lot many working farms over there and your kids are absolutely going to love it.

However, if you are looking forward to some nice old beach fun, where you all can literally lie down and relax while your kids are busy building their forts and castles, then try one out of many relaxing beaches found in UK. In the South West, Watergate Bay, Porthcurno, Blackpool Sands are simply the best beaches; whereas in Southern England, there is West Wittering, Studland Bay, Dorset and Botany Bay, Kent. In Northern England, you can enjoy Sandsend, Yorkshire and Bamburgh, Northumberland. Of course and who can ignore Marloes Sands in Wales, Lunan Bay in Scotland, Portstewart Strand in Northern Ireland and Walberswick in East Anglia.

If you want to try out something adventurous with your family then you should opt for the mountainous region of The Lake District towards the North West England. You can enjoy a lot of time hiking around if your kids are not too small while enjoying the breath taking view of The Lake in between.

Kids always love a trip to amusement and theme parks and if you want to treat your children with a holiday at amusement park, then visit Alton Towers. Again, expect the place to be flooded with tourists and travellers in this season.

Are you aware of the fact that water makes up almost 70% of the Earth’s total surface and almost the same percentage of our body is water? This is clearly indicative of the fact that water bears a lot of significance in our life and in the existence of life on earth. In fact scientists have concluded that it is in fact water that gave birth to life on this planet and what differentiates us from the rest of the planetary bodies.

In our body, water is required for the ideal functioning of each of our organs. Brain, heart, kidneys, liver and our skin are only few of the essential organs that depend upon good fluid intake for prime performance. The intestines and lining of the ENT canals depend upon water to remain moist and hydrated in order to prevent conditions that occur due to dryness like sneezing, cough and even digestive disorders.

After establishing the significance of water, we come to our next most important question – How much water should we drink daily in order to keep up with the optimum level of this life-giving liquid in our body? If you want a straight and clear cut answer than the Institute of Medicine says that the average adult male needs to drink 13 cups or 3 litres of water or fluid that comes through other beverages daily and the average adult woman should drink no less than 9 cups or 2.2 litres of water or other fluids.

So whatever happened to the “You should drink eight glasses of water daily”? Don’t be perplexed; that general rule still exists and that is the minimal amount of water that each adult should be drinking each day. The amount of water mentioned by the Institute of Medicine is ideal amount. And besides, you cannot follow the rule of “one size fits all” here. Every person has different requirements depending upon a lot of factors. For one thing, no two adults are alike; their body weight, body mass, climatic circumstances, metabolic conditions, health situations, physical routine and dieting regime are most likely dissimilar and hence the amount of water each of them requires cannot be compared either.

Factors That Affect Amount of Water Intake

Although you should still complete the number of recommended glasses, no matter what kind of climate you live in, you generally need to drink even more if it is very hot and humid.

If you are on a higher altitude, the drop of temperature might compel you to urinate more than usual; that plus the heavy breathing can lose good amount of water, so drink up.

The amount of exercise you do and how much you sweat also affects water level; which is why you should replace that loss after drinking.

If you indulge in more than a regular bout of exercise then it is better to drink a sports drink as it replenishes the electrolyte loss.

Pregnant and feeding mothers need to drink more fluid than usual as their requirement increases during such periods.

As a general rule, your urine colour can be a guide to your hydration level; if you are satisfactorily hydrated, your urine will be of a very light colour. However, if you don’t take plenty of water it tends to become very dark in colour.